Jakob Ingebrigtsen

Jakob Ingebrigtsen (born 19 September 2000) is a Norwegian middle- and long-distance runner. He won the gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the 1500 metres event, setting the new Olympic and European record.[2] Ingebrigtsen also won two gold medals at the 2018 European Championships for the 1500 and 5000 metres events. He is the current world record holder in the indoor 1500m.

Jakob Ingebrigtsen
Jakob Ingebrigtsen at the 2017 Bislett Games
Personal information
Born (2000-09-19) 19 September 2000[1]
Sandnes, Rogaland, Norway
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Life partner(s)Elisabeth Asserson
Sport
CountryNorway
SportAthletics/Track
Event(s)Middle-, Long-distance running
Achievements and titles
World finals
  • 2017 London
  • 3000 m s’chase, 27th (h)
  • 2019 Doha
  • 5000 m, 5th
  • 1500 m, 4th
Olympic finals
  • 2020 Tokyo
  • 1500 m,  Gold
Personal best(s)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Norway
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo1500 m
World Indoor Championships
2022 Belgrade1500 m
European Championships
2018 Berlin 1500 m
2018 Berlin 5000 m
European Indoor Championships
2019 Glasgow3000 m
2021 Toruń1500 m
2021 Toruń3000 m
2019 Glasgow1500 m
World Junior Championships
2018 Tampere1500 m
2018 Tampere5000 m
European Junior Championships
2017 Grosseto5000 m
2017 Grosseto3000 m s’chase
European Cross Country Championships
2016 ChiaJunior race
2017 ŠamorínJunior race
2018 TilburgJunior race
2018 TilburgJunior team
2019 LisbonJunior race
2019 LisbonJunior team
2021 DublinSenior Men
Representing Europe
Continental Cup
2018 Ostrava1500 m

In October 2019, Ingebrigtsen was the youngest pacemaker in the successful sub-2 hour marathon attempt by Eliud Kipchoge. In June 2021, at the Diamond League, he set a new European record in the 5000 m with his time of 12:48.45.[3] As of 2021 Ingebrigtsen was the 8th, 6th, 9th and 12th fastest man over the 1500m, 2000m, 3000m and 5000m respectively. He also holds the distinction of being one of only two men to run a sub-3:30 1500m, sub-7:30 3000m and a sub-12:50 5000m along with 3000m and 2 mile world record holder Daniel Komen.

His older brothers Henrik and Filip are also middle-distance runners who compete internationally. They are trained by their father Gjert Ingebrigtsen.[4] Jakob is also a star in a Norwegian reality show called Team Ingebrigtsen, which revolves around him and his brothers and shows the trials and tribulations that come in middle-distance running.[5]

Personal bests
SurfaceEventTimeDateEvent
Outdoor track 800 m1:46.44[6]30 June 2020Oslo, Norway
1500 m3:28.32[6] OR/ER7 August 2021Japan National Stadium
Tokyo
Mile3:47.24[6] NR21 August 2021Prefontaine Classic
Eugene, Oregon, USA
2000 m4:50.01[6] ER11 June 2020Impossible Games
Oslo, Norway
3000 m7:27.05 NR17 September 2020Golden Gala
Rome, Italy
5000 m12:48.45[6] ER10 June 2021Golden Gala
Florence, Italy
3000 m steeple8:26.81[6] EJR8 July 2017Kortrijk, Belgium
Indoor track 800m 1:52.01[6]4 February 2018Bærum, Norway
1500m3:30.60[6] WR17 February 2022Liévin, France
3000m7:48.20[6]7 March 2021European Indoor Championships
Torun, Poland
Road 5 km13:28[6] NR6 May 2020Per Halle Invitational
Stavanger, Norway
10 km27:54[6] EJR/NR19 October 2019Hytteplanmila
Hole, Norway

Achievements

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTime
Representing  Norway
2016 European Cross Country Junior Championship Chia, Italy 1st 6 km 17:06
2017 U20 European Championships Grosseto, Italy 8th 1500 m 3:58.64
1st 5000 m 14:41.67
1st 3000 m steeplechase 8:50.00
European Cross Country Junior Championship Šamorín, Slovakia 1st 6 km 18:39
World Championship London, England 27th (sf) 3000 m steeplechase 8:34.88
2018 U20 World Championships Tampere, Finland 2nd 1500 m 3:41.89
3rd 5000 m 13:20.78
European Cross Country Junior Championship Tilburg, Netherlands 1st 6 km 18:00
European Championship Berlin, Germany 1st 1500 m 3:38.10
1st 5000 m 13:17.06
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, Scotland 2nd 1500 m 3:43.23
1st 3000 m 7:56.15
European Cross Country Junior Championship Lisbon, Portugal 1st 6 km 18:20
U20 World Cross Country Championships Aarhus, Denmark 12th 8 km 24:39
World Championship Doha, Qatar 4th 1500 m 3:31.70
5th 5000 m 13:02.93
2021 European Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 1st 1500 m 3:37.56
1st 3000 m 7:48.20
Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 1st 1500 m 3:28.32 OR AR
Representing Europe
2018 Continental Cup Ostrava, Czech Republic 3rd 1500 m 3:40.80

Circuit wins

National championship results
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTime
2015 Norwegian Championship Haugesund, Norway 9th 1500 m 3:54.05
Norwegian Youth Championships Lillestrøm, Norway 1st 800 m 1:54.05
1st 2000 m 5:24.41
2016 Norwegian Championship Askøy, Norway 5th 800 m 1:53.10
3rd 1500 m 4:01.67
Norwegian Junior Championships Brandbu, Norway 2nd 800 m 1:54.13
1st 1500 m 3:46.59
1st 5000 m 14:38.67
Norwegian Youth Championships Sandnes, Norway 1st 800 m 1:56.03
1st 3000 m 8:36.77
2017 Norwegian Championship Sandnes, Norway 3rd 800 m 1:50.54
1st 1500 m 3:53.29
1st 5000 m 13:35.84
1st 3000 m steeplechase 8:44.12
Norwegian Youth Championships Bergen, Norway 2nd 400 m 51.03
1st 3000 m 8:00.01
Norwegian Indoor Youth Championships Oslo, Norway 1st 800 m 1:52.91
1st 1500 m 3:51.91
2018 Norwegian Championship Byrkjelo, Norway 1st 1500 m 4:03.54
Norwegian Indoor Championships Bærum, Norway 2nd 800 m 1:52.01
1st 1500 m 3:42.75
1st 3000 m 7:56.74
2019 Norwegian Championship Hamar, Norway 1st 1500 m 3:36.33
2020 Norwegian Championship Bergen, Norway 1st 800 m 1.48.72
1st 1500 m 3:33.94
2021 Norwegian Championship Kristiansand, Norway 1st 1500 m 3:33.26

Career

On 27 May 2017, Ingebrigtsen became the youngest athlete in history to run the one-mile distance in less than 4 minutes, when he finished in 11th place in a Diamond League race at Hayward Field in Eugene, US.[7]

On 15 June, he ran almost two seconds faster, when he finished first in a mile race at Bislett Games in Oslo, Norway with the time 3:56.29.[8]

On 8 July, he beat the junior European record on 3000 metres steeplechase at the Guldensporenmeeting in Kortrijk, Belgium with the time 8:26.81. This was his first time competing in the 3000m steeplechase event.

On 26 May 2018, at age 17, Ingebrigtsen ran a 3:52.28 mile in the Prefontaine Classic's Bowerman Mile for 4th place. It is the fastest mile run by a 17-year-old.[9]

On 5 July 2019, he set a new personal best and a U20 European Record in the 1500m when he ran 3:30.16 in Lausanne.

On 20 July, he set a new National Record and U20 European Record at 5000m (13:02.03 in London).

As of 6 October 2019 Jakob was ranked as the second best 1500m runner in the world, only behind Timothy Cheruiyot.

Making his debut at the distance, he broke Sondre Nordstad Moen’s Norwegian 10 km record at the Hytteplanmila in Hole on 19 October 2019, with victory in 27:54. Not only was Jakob's time a national record, it was also the fastest time by a European in 2019 as well as being a European U20 10 km best.[10]

2021: Tokyo Olympic champion

On 10 June 2021 at the Diamond League in Florence, Italy, he set a new European record in the 5000 m with his time of 12:48.45, in a race where a half-dozen competitors bested a time of 12:55.[11]

At the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Ingebrigtsen set an Olympic and European record at 3 minutes 28.32 seconds to secure gold in the 1,500-meter final, after eclipsing the previous record of 3:31:65 held by the Kenyan Abel Kipsang. He became the second youngest winner in the event.[12] On the final bend Ingebrigtsen overtook for the first time Timothy Cheruiyot, who won the silver medal.[13][14]

2022–present: world 1500m indoor record

On 17 February 2022, Ingebrigtsen set his first senior world record, clocking 3 minutes 30.60 seconds for the indoor 1500m at the Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais in Liévin. He broke Samuel Tefera’s 3-year-old record by 0.44 second.[15]

At about a month later at the 2022 World Indoor Championships in Belgrade, Ingebrigtsen was beaten in the event by Tefera (3:32.77, CR), however, and placed second in a time of 3:33.02, a day later it was announced that Jakob had tested positive for COVID-19.[16]

References
  1. "Jakob Ingebrigtsen". Olympedia.org. OlyMADmen. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  2. IOC. "Athletics - Final Results - Men's 1500 m (Tokyo, 2020)". Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  3. "European 5000m record of 12:48.45 for Ingebrigtsen in Florence". European Athletics. 10 June 2021.
  4. Thomas Brakstad (16 March 2016) Familien vinnervilje NRK
  5. "Team Ingebrigtsen".
  6. IAAF. "Jakob INGEBRIGTSEN - Athlete Profile".
  7. Ingebrigtsen makes history with a sub-four minute mile in Eugene European Athletics. Retrieved 29 May 2017
  8. Norway Teen Jakob Ingebrigtsen Runs 3:56.29 For His Home Crowd In Oslo Mile Split. Retrieved 15 June 2017
  9. Dutch, Taylor (2019-02-24). "Everything You Need to Know About Teen Running Phenom Jakob Ingebrigtsen". Runner's World. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
  10. "Jakob Ingebrigtsen clocks 27:54 on his 10km debut". European Athletics. European Athletics. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  11. "2021 Florence DL: Hassan (3:53) Beats Kipyegon in 1500 Thriller; Ingebrigtsen Runs 12:48 to Win Loaded 5K". 10 June 2021.
  12. "Jakob Ingebrigtsen breaks Olympic record to seal gold in the men's 1500m". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
  13. "Jakob Ingebrigtsen med suverent OL-gull og ny olympisk rekord: - Det var lett!". 7 August 2021.
  14. "Jakob Ingebrigtsen's record 1,500M win ensures first individual gold shutout for U.S. Men in Olympic track history".
  15. Dickinson, Marley (2022-02-17). "Jakob Ingebrigtsen breaks indoor 1,500m world record". Canadian Running Magazine. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
  16. Crumley, Euan (2022-03-21). "Tefera turns the tables on Ingebrigtsen". AW. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
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